Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36
तथैव कौथुमो जज्ञे प्रस्तौता यज्ञकर्मणि । शांडिल्यः प्रतिहर्त्ता च सुब्रह्मण्यस्तथांगिराः
tathaiva kauthumo jajñe prastautā yajñakarmaṇi | śāṃḍilyaḥ pratiharttā ca subrahmaṇyastathāṃgirāḥ
«De même, Kauthuma devint Prastotṛ dans l’acte sacrificiel ; Śāṇḍilya fut Pratihartṛ ; et Aṅgiras servit aussi comme prêtre Subrahmaṇya.»
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta’s narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Kauthuma as Prastotṛ begins the sāman; Śāṇḍilya as Pratihartṛ responds; Aṅgiras as Subrahmaṇya stands poised to utter auspicious calls; the trio forms a musical arc around the vedi with attentive assistants.
FAQs
Dharma is upheld through coordinated sacred speech—Vedic chanting roles are integral to the yajña’s sanctifying power.
The glorification is of the kṣetra hosting the yajña within Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the exact tīrtha name is supplied by the wider chapter context.
Appointment of Sāma-chanting functionaries (Prastotṛ, Pratihartṛ) and the Subrahmaṇya priest for proper liturgical performance.